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Compare and Contrast the Western Rebellion and Kett's Rebellion in terms of Causes and Threat. The year 1549 in which both rebellions took place was a troublesome year for the Lord Protector, at the time, Somerset. It was plagued with bad harvests, inflation, poverty and war. These factors made 1549 a watershed year for rioting and rebellion. Though these are the only two rebellions that posed a serious threat, they were definitely not unique. There were outbreaks throughout the country ranging from Leicestershire to Gloucestershire for most of the year. Somerset's style of leadership was not suited to this atmosphere and had in not been Warwick; he would have been ousted by someone else it was only a matter of time. Though the rebellions had different motivations and causes, some parallels can be drawn. For instance, they both had local grievances that they wished to voice and neither could have been handled...

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